Oesterreichische Staatsdruckerei Holding AG or the Austrian State Printing House is a company based in Vienna, Austria, which specializes in security products printing. After 200 years in the passport-making business, it is ready to put vital identity documents on the most personal of devices–the smartphone. The company has developed a safe app that can handle all kinds of personal information, and completely replace delicate, easily mislaid physical documents.
Governments around the world have been trying to put smartphones to work, however, users are often required to download different apps–one for airport security and another to replicate their driver’s license. OeSD believes its software can handle all types of IDs, and even declared that if it sells in the coming year, the system could go into operation in 2017.
